Women’s Health and the World’s Cities–Now Available
07/25/2011
Women's Health and the World's Cities Edited by Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Eugenie L. Birch, and Susan M. Wachter 328 pages | 6 x 9 | 29 illus. Cloth 2011 |… READ MORE
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So Bravely and So Well: l: The Life and Art of William T. Trego–Now Available
So Bravely and So Well: The Life and Art of William T. Trego Joseph P. Eckhardt 208 pages | 9 x 12 1/2 | 76 color, 52 b/w illus. Cloth… READ MORE
Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South–Now Available in Paperback
07/21/2011
Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South Steven P. Miller 320 pages | 6 x 9 | 7 illus. Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4151-8 | $29.95 | £19.50… READ MORE
Name that Zoot Contest: Week Three
07/20/2011
The answer to last week's question was Duke Ellington. Ellington was the major creative force behind the musical revue Jump for Joy, which featured zoot suits in all their splendor…. READ MORE
“Beowulf” and Other Old English Poems–Now Available
"Beowulf" and Other Old English Poems Edited and translated by Craig Williamson. Foreword by Tom Shippey 288 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4345-1… READ MORE
Penned in Prison: The Bohemians and the Bastille
07/14/2011
In this Bastille Day essay, Penn Press intern Alli Hoff considers the creative power of imprisionment. Out of the represssive, sunlight-deficient, and dehumanizing walls of the eighteenth-century Bastille emerged several… READ MORE
Name that Zoot Contest: Week Two
07/13/2011
Congratulations to Pinchus Roth of New York, week one's winner. Last week's question was a killer diller, but Roth rose to the occasion. The name of the actor who graces… READ MORE
Competitive Elections and the American Voter–Now Available
Competitive Elections and the American Voter Keena Lipsitz 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 23 illus. Cloth Jul 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4334-5 | $49.95 | £32.50 A volume in… READ MORE
Zoot Suit Stumper Clue
07/12/2011
It seems that we have stumped our readers with the first Name That Zoot contest question. Take a look at the man on the cover of Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic… READ MORE
What You Will–Now Available
What You Will: Gender, Contract, and Shakespearean Social Space Kathryn Schwarz 320 pages | 6 x 9 | 12 illus. Cloth Jul 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4327-7 | $55.00 | £36.00… READ MORE